Ruby Software Engineer - 22141

Job Description

Posted 9 months ago

Employee Class: Contract

Compensation Range: Commensurate with experience

Department Website: https://www.oit.uci.edu/

• Develops complex web applications and related integrations, APIs, automated test suites, and automated jobs, and ETL processing.  
• Translate customer requirements into User Stories, Acceptance Criteria, and software design.  Develops software that demonstrably meets Acceptance Criteria with good test code coverage.
• Maintain high software quality.  Ensure all dependent libraries and tools are patched.  Resolve security vulnerabilities detected through automated tools or reported by software vendors.  Resolve performance, reliability, functionality, and usability issues in a timely manner.  Monitor and respond to system outages during business hours and after hours.  Discuss quality issues with the team and propose remediation plans.  Partner with the Enterprise Infrastructure team to design, maintain, and expand AWS infrastructure in response to user and application needs.
25%:
• Provide engineer-level technical support for complex user issues or other issues requiring elevated system access.  Develop reports and data extracts per request using tools or custom-developed software.  Analyze system usage, trends, and feature adoption in an effort to continually improve our software.
Required:

• Bachelor's degree in related area and / or equivalent experience / training.
• Minimum of three years of web application development experience using a modern framework Minimum of two years of Ruby on Rails application development experience.
• Minimum of two years of MySQL, Postgres, or similar relational database experience.
• Experience developing Javascript using a modern framework such as React, Vue.js, etc. 
• Experience working directly with customers or end-users 
• Experience developing code-driven automated tests such as unit, functional, and integration tests Experience using Git version control system.
• Demonstrated ability to design, develop, and launch secure Ruby on Rails applications. 
• Ability to develop Javascript UI components using modern frameworks. Demonstrated ability to apply object oriented principles such as SOLID to large codebases. 
• Demonstrated ability to develop code-driven automated tests such as unit, functional, or integration tests. Intermediate knowledge of secure software development. 
• Demonstrated ability to understand customer needs and translate into user stories, acceptance criteria, and software design. 
• Verifies delivered software meets customer needs. 
• Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate with customers, team, and management. 
• Ability to provide clear, concise, and effective technical assistance to support and operations team members. 
• Demonstrated ability to identify and incorporate open source or vendor tools/libraries that reduce maintenance or enable new functionality. 
• Demonstrated ability to communicate technical information to technical and non-technical personnel at various levels in the organization. 
• Self-motivated, able to work independently, and effective at working as part of an Agile / Scrum team. 
• Able to learn effectively and meet deadlines. Demonstrated broad problem solving skills. 
• Ability to review code written by other developers and provide effective feedback; experience receiving code review feedback. 
• Ability to mentor and provide effective development guidance to other software developers. 
• Adhere to OIT’s cultural values: Collaboration, Respect, Trust, Transparency, Quality, Inclusiveness, Customer Centricity, and Learning and Growth.
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22141 Ruby Software Engineer

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